Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

How can I write an engaging bio? @pubcoach
Licenses Are Not The Ends of Roads: @DeanWesleySmith
Co-writing for Indie Authors: @WillcocksAuthor @sacha_black

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

ALTA Names Its 2019 US National Translation Award Winners: @Porter_Anderson @LitTranslate
Sharjah Book Fair Draws a Record-Breaking 2.52 Million Visitors: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
FutureBook Live 2019 Ramps Up: ‘The Cultural Caché of Books’: @Porter_Anderson @mollyflatt @TheFutureBook @pubperspectives
On Book Launch Parties: by Chris Vick
The UK’s CILIP 2020 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals: Diversity Aware: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
‘Maoism’ Author Julia Lovell Wins Canada’s $75,000 Cundill History Prize: @Porter_Anderson @CundillPrize
East of England: A Call for Under-Represented Writers: @Porter_Anderson

Conferences and Events / NaNoWriMo

5 Myths About NaNoWriMo: Busted: @PenPaperPad @NaNoWriMo
How to Have a Proper NaNoWriMo Mentality: @the_writing_pal
5 Tips for Staying Motivated during NaNoWriMo: @SavyLeiser @NaNoWriMo

Creativity and Inspiration / First Novels

How to Become an Author: @thecreativepenn @joebunting

Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting

The 25/5 Rule Applied to a Writing Career: @aprildavila

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

Are You Struggling to Be Creative? This Might Be Why: @KMWeiland
Writers, Remember: The Wand Chooses The Wizard: @AngelaAckerman
Serious Writers Never Quit: 5 Strategies to Win at Writing: @Frank_McKinley

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

Five Books About Surprisingly Supernatural Teens: @cloudy_vision @tordotcom
Nancy Drew for Adults: Great Amateur Sleuth Series for Readers Over Twenty: by Karen White @CrimeReads
7 Lesser-Known Cyberpunk Novels to Help You Prepare for Our Horrible Future: @ElectricLit

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

Squeeze More Writing Time from a Busy Day: @SusanSpann
The Pratchett Principle on Writing: @RuthanneReid

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

Extreme Productivity: How to Write 20-Plus Books a Year: @SelfPubForm

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

Should you do your MFA in writing? @manzanitafire @pubcoach
What Happens When Readers Rebel? @elizagreenbooks @IndieAuthorALLI
On the Writer’s Quest for Authenticity: @lithub @mirajacob @JenPastiloff @landaudeborah @gracet09 @hannahtinti
Writing Isn’t the Hardest Part About Being a Writer: @MegDowell
Impostor Syndrome? Telling Signs of a Serious Writer: @Peter_Rey_
How Committed are You to Being a Successful Author? @KristenLambTX
How to write around children: @pubcoach
Writers are Courageous: by J.U. Scribe @TheRyanLanz
Challenging Our Assumptions About Writing: @RachelleGardner
Is It a Good Idea to Write When You Don’t ‘Feel Like’ Writing? @MegDowell
So You Want to Be a Novelist: @JonSealy @The_Millions

Genres / Memoir

Opinion: Can Writing a Memoir Change Your Life? @cassandrafarren @IndieAuthorALLI

Genres / Mystery

How to Research and Write a Detective Series (podcast): @ArcherMayor @DIYMFA

Promo / Ads

Are you ready to try Facebook Ads? (podcast): @BirdsOAFpress @davidpenny_
How to Write Ad Copy for Authors: Softening Your Book Ads: @WillowWoodford @BethBarany

Promo / Book Reviews

9 places to look for readers who write reviews: @sandrabeckwith

Promo / Miscellaneous

Content Marketing for Fiction and Nonfiction: by Rachel McCollin @IndieAuthorALLI
Tips for making better use of your endorsements: @Wogahn
Market Your Product: by Deborah Lyn Stanley
6 Tips for Pitching to Local Media + How to Do It Effectively: @Bookgal

Promo / Social Media Tips

“You Too Can Have a Viral Tweet Like Mine”:Demystifying Poetic Meter: @frankie_jay_tho @parisreview

Publishing / Miscellaneous

How to Evaluate Your WIP and Figure Out Your Next Steps: @Kid_Lit @TheIWSG

Publishing / News / Amazon

It’s now five years since Amazon last opened a Kindle store: @TNPS10

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Hay Festival’s Cristina Fuentes La Roche Awarded the OBE in Peru: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Amazon bookstores embrace spine-out shelf-stacking. Indigo sales fall again. And two sides to the Macmillan digital library boycott saga: @TNPS10
Authors Weigh in on Politics: ‘Words Make a Difference’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Emirates Airline Becomes IPA’s Exclusive Carrier in New Sponsorship: @Porter_Anderson @IntPublishers @pubperspectives
Words Without Borders November: Hope in the Philippines @Porter_Anderson @wwborders @kristinemuslim @daryll_reads @johnbengan
Rights Roundup: Purpose-Driven Reads on the International Rights Market: @Porter_Anderson @Ramqvist @JennyJagerfeld , more.
Sellout in Beijing: Why Albatros Media Won’t Be in Shanghai: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Russia’s Glukhovsky Follows Rights Sales With Stage, Film Editions of ‘Text’: @Porter_Anderson @glukhovsky @pubperspectives
Ken Follett Opens Brexit-Inspired Friendship Tour This Weekend: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishing / Options / Hybrid Publishing

What is Hybrid Publishing and Should I Consider It? Questions Answered: @OrnaRoss @MichaelLaRonn @agnieszkasshoes @IndieAuthorALLI

Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing

Pros and Cons of Self-Publishing: @MegLaTorre

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

The View from the Editor’s Desk: by Rachel Craft @RMFWriters
Writing the Query Letter: Dos & Don’ts: @msheatherwebb @WriterUnboxed

Writing Craft / Beginnings

First Page Critique: Singularity Syndrome: @SueColetta1 @killzoneauthors

Writing Craft / Characters / Antagonists

How to create a great villain: @NathanBransford

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

How Blood, Phlegm, and Bile Can Produce Compelling Characters: @FredBobJohn @standoutbooks

Writing Craft / Devices / Repetition

Effective Repetition in Writing as Demonstrated by A Song of Ice and Fire: by Gavin Hurley @WritersDigest

Writing Craft / Endings

Finding Your Book’s Ending from a Beginning: by Bucket Siler

Writing Craft / Flashback and Back Story

Backstory: Avoid Info Dumping by Making It Essential: @RomWriteLab @JamiGold

Writing Craft / Literary Devices

What is a theme, and why does nobody agree? by T.L. Bodine

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

How Predictable Should a Story Be? by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
The Crucial Setup Scene in Your Novel:
The Difference Between Topic and Theme: @Sara_HeartStory @DIYMFA
What Makes a Good Novel Plot? 6 Insights: @nownovel
3 Critical Storytelling Elements: @AndreaMerrell
When Characters Meet Technology: @PhilAthans
Let the reader diagnose your characters: @NathanBransford
Using Reincarnation in Fiction: @cyallowitz
Writing Your Story’s Fictional Body: @Lindasclare
Turning Points: @davidfarland
Writing with Confidence about Uncertainty: @AnneJanzer
Editor Roundtable: Cause and Effect Relationships in Stories: by Leslie Watts @StoryGrid

Writing Craft / POV

The Ultimate Guide to Tense and Point of View: @shaelinbishop

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Outlining

Writing into the Dark: Write a book without an outline: @MichaelLaRonn

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

Write A Road Trip To Help You Plot A Book: @Writers_Write
Don’t Let Your Plot Hijack Your Story: @Janice_Hardy

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research

Choosing Naval Tactics for Your Pre-Gunpowder World: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Concept

How To Become A Creative Writer and Figure Out What You Should Write: by Syera

Writing Craft / Revision

7 Tricks to Refresh a Scene You’ve Edited 68345.27 Times: @SeptCFawkes

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

The Up and Down Sides of Critique Groups: by Lori Freeland

Writing Craft / World-Building

Story Elements and Worldbuilding: @JulietteWade

Writing Tools / Apps

Comments & Footnotes in Scrivener: @aprildavila

Writing Tools / Miscellaneous

Books and Tools to Help With Writing and the Writing Life:

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